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E. ZEIDIEII.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1921.

YUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST ziiiIDLEii., 0F yiiriuisminifin, WISCONSIN.

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specification of rettersratent. i Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

xppiieatinjniea February 719211. smal Nog-,443,o2'4.

kTo all whom if may concern.' y

Beit known that ERNEST ZEIDLER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Marshfield, in the county of Vood and State of Visconsin, has invented certain new and useful Improvements inl Boxes, of which the following is al specification, reference being had therein to thefaccompanying drawing. f The invention relates t0 boxes and particularly'to cylindrical cheese boxes, and has for its object to provide a box of this character wherein the lower edges of the body portion of the box are held together by the `strip of metal right angular `shaped in cross section, the flanges ofmetallic strip being secured to the side andV the. bottom of the box, andv to provide a substantially similarly shaped and connected strip carried by the box top and providedwithfan annular rib adjacent its angling point, said annular rib being of substantially the same diameter as the diameter of the metallic strip carried by the body of the box, and adapted to receive Y the lower end of the body of the box when boxes are super-imposed. .By this particular construction the main object of the invention is obtained, that is, the prevention of sliding of the boxes when they are super-imposed in shipment. Also to so proportion the metallic strip carried by the bottom and the rib that starting of sliding will be prevented, and the flange carried by the bottom metallic strip will rest upon the flange carried by the metallic strip of the ltop of the box, thereby maintaining the boxes, that is the destructible part of the boxes out of contact when superimposed.

A further object is to provide the flanges of the metallic strips, which engage the bottom of the body portion of the box and the top of the cover of the box with crimping, which interengage when the boxes are superimposed, thereby preventing circumferential movement of the boxes in relation to each other when stacked.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings zy Figure l is a top plan View of the box.

2 is a sectional view through the box f taken` online 2 -2 showing the same superimlposed Aon another box.l

P ig. 3 is a detailperspective-view of a por,- tion of lthe .metallic angle member carried by thecover of the box. j

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 vdesignatesY the body of the box, and 2 the removable cover carried thereby. The box as a whole is a cylindrical one and` of the type used for storing and shipping cheese. It has been foundduring shipment that when the boxeswere superimposed in freight oars, that theboxes which are now in use slide, incident to jolting of the train and as become damaged andl in many cases where they slide off of the stacks are entirely destroyed 'andfthe contents damaged. To obviate thisl difliculty the top 2 of the box is the contents of the box is heavy, the boxes v preferably formedV of wood and the flange 3 s extends around the top, said band having its vertical fiange stapled or otherwise secured to the cover flange 3, and its fiange' 7 stapled or otherwise secured to the upper side of the wooden cover. Adjacent the point of the band 5, an annular rib 8 is formed; however the flange 7 is crimped as at 9, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The lower edge of the body 1 of the box is provided with an annular metallic strip 10 substantially right angle in cross section and has its flange 11 secured as at 12 to the side of the body of the box and its flange 13 secured as at 14 to the wooden member 15 forming the bottom of the box, thereby securing the bottom l5 in the body l of the box, and at the same time reinforcing the lower edge of the body. Flange 18 is crimped as at 16, thereby allowing the metallic strips to be formed from straight material, and at the same time providing a serrated surface for engaging the serrated surface of the flange 7 of the cover 2 when boxes are superimposed or stacked for storage or shipment. By providing these serrated surfaces, it will be seen that they will interengage in such a manner that circumferential movement of the stacked boxes in relation to each other, will be prevented and the tendency to slide incident to shipment while in a stacked condition obviated to a.

certain extent. However to insure the boxes against sliding when4 stacked, the strip 10 is so proportioned in diameter in relation to the diameter of the rib 8 that it will be received within said rib and will substantial-ly engage sa'id ribk in such a manner that they will be prevented from starting to slide or gaining momentum suilicientto 'cause them to slide over the ribs 8. ,The metallic strips 10 and 5 may be formed in an suitable manner, however they are pre erabl formed from strips of material in angu ar form, then one oftheflanges'crimped thereby causing the 'strip to be formed into a ringV and the ends of said ring vmay be secured together in any suitable manner, however they are Ypreferably Vsecured together by VVspot welding. M

From the above it will be'seen that a box is. providedhaving its bottom and Vits cover so proportioned ythat when they are superimposed the bottoms-of the boXesWi-ll be received Within a bead'carried by the cover in such a manner that the boxes will not slide inrelation` to eachother while in transit, and

also that the bead is formed as an integral part of an angularly shaped reinforcing band reinforcing and connecting to ether Vthe top and the flange of the top.

. cover having its flange secured thereto by means of a metallic band substantially right angularly shaped` and having one of its flanges secured to the upper surface of theV "cover and the other ange secured to the cover flange, of an annular bead formed at the angling point of the metallic band and extending upwardly, said annular bead being of substantially the same interior diameter as the diameter of the bottom of the box, andv of the 'body :portion ybeing provided withmetallic bands right angularly shaped in cross section 7and forming means for'holding y the cover `:together vand the body portion `together, one flangeY of the band carried by the body A'portion engaging the bottom of the body and provided with a plurality of cri s extending `entirelyjarou'nd the flange',

vone ange `of the rband carried bythe cover 'engaging the upper side 'of the cover and Y provided with a plurality of crimps, ,a bead Y annular in shape rextendlng upwardly Afrom the band carriedpby the cover, lSaid bead being of substantiallyV the )same interior V diameter as the diameter of the band care ried bythe bottom fof ythe body of the box and adapted to receive 'the bottom of an disposed that when the boxes are superi1n posed they will engage each other.V

` In testimony whereof Ihereunt'o ERNEST ZEIDLER.

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adjacent' box, 'said crimped flange being so Y 

